Hey!

I CHOOSE to draw my mouth. While trying to draw a mouth shapped like a heart (in honor of Valentine's Day) I was forced to refer to the real thing in the mirror and what came out was a mouth that appeared to be saying "hey." This was done for fun on the Saatchi website http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/yourstudio/ but I thought it would also work for the weekly Illustration Friday topic "Choose" at http://illustrationfriday.com/

Blanket of Snow

Bald eagle is flying over a blanket of snow. Artwork done for Illustration Friday word "blanket." Digital painted background composited with scanned pen & ink & marker bald eagle illustration.

According to Dante, the tree of knowledge blooms with crimson-purple flowers and the eagle represents the Roman Empire. If it is true the USA is the new Roman Empire, there is much to be learned.

Brown Booby Philosophy

Fate loves to invent patterns and designs. Its difficulty lies in complexity. But life itself is difficult because of its simplicity.

A birdism from Rilke

A Stitch In Time

Digital Composite for Illustration Friday's word STITCH. Amber, in the future, is wading with the ducks in the botanical gardens in Santa Barbara in the 1950s.

Crow is Soaring Over the Red Poppies

Digital composite for Illustration Friday's weekly subject SOAR.

Poppies were an original pen & ink & marker illustration which was then scanned and printed at the Kala Art Institute in Berkeley on rice paper. Crow was added later.

Check out Kala's website for great classes at http://www.kala.org/mission.html

Father Affected By Time

As the end of another year approaches, it seems fitting to look back at how time affects the stages of man - in this case E.A. Autrey from 1947 to 2005

Unplug Christmas

It's that time of year to unplug the T.V. (90% ads to buy something you don't need; 10% re-runs) and read a good book. Final Saatchi website contribution for 2007.